Judge grants New Canaan temporary custody of dogs in animal cruelty case John Kovach FacebookTwitterEmail The Stamford/Norwalk Judicial District courthouse in Stamford.Hearst Connecticut Media file photo NEW CANAAN — A state Superior Court judge has granted the town temporary custody of 12 dogs seized as the owner faces animal cruelty charges. New Canaan Animal Control seized the pets last month after police said three dogs were found dead in September in a Butler Lane home owned by Catherine “Cassie” Palmer.” Palmer, a Greenwich resident who rents out the New Canaan home, is scheduled to be arraigned Feb. 22 in state Superior Court in Norwalk on three counts of cruelty to animals. Before turning herself in on Nov. 29, Palmer spent the Thanksgiving holiday weekend delivering a “vehicle full of puppies,” including one in Massachusetts that died the day after she dropped it off, police said.